Veronica Maher and the Seneca Red Cross Legacy
Veronica Maher of Ovid led Seneca County Red Cross efforts, advancing to executive director in 1941 and guiding growth of the Rochester Regional Blood Program and Gray Lady services. The chapter aided 177 servicemen, 38 disaster victims, collected 1,046 pints of blood, trained 1,200 in water safety, and logged over 19,000 volunteer hours while aiming for a $16,564 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OVID
Red Cross
Veronica Maher
Maher
Nazareth Academy
Rochester Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences
Nazareth College
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester-Monroe County
Rochester
Rochester State Hospital
American Red Cross
Congress
United States
Seneca County
Armed Forces
V.A
Herbert R. Brown, Jr
Admiral Ross McIntyre
Interlaken
New York State
Allen Pomeroy
Our Men In Service James Burns graduates at Trumansburg
Aviation storekeeper Airman James Burns Jr USN son of Mr and Mrs James Burns Sr of RD has graduated from the aviation storekeeper course at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Tennessee The 12 week program covered office procedures Fleet Aviation Supply and material handling plus aeronautical supply aboard and ashore Romulus Harlow D Troutman USN son of Mr and Mrs H D Troutman RD 2 has completed a transistor fundamentals course at Naval Air Station Lakehurst NJ The course was offered by Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment 1070 at the air station
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James Burns
Trumansburg
James Burns Jr
USN
R.D
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Harlow D Troutman
H. D. Troutman
R.D 2
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N J
Naval Air Maintenance Training Detachment
Air Station
Home Demonstration Units Plan Meetings and Elections
The Young Mothers H D U in Interlaken cancels March 24 and reschedules for March 31 at 8 p m at Helen Smith’s Reynoldsville home with curtains and draperies as the lesson. Searsburg H D U meets April 6 at Gertrude Mills Paugh’s home with Mabel Dawes teaching the versatile egg and a noon luncheon by Mabel Dawes and Winifred Dean. Podunk Trumansburg unit holds April 4 at 7 30 p m at Laura Koskinen’s home for sewing with stretch. Ruth Scott and Margaret Hill are hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Mothers
H.D.U
Interlaken
Helen Smith
Reynoldsville
Helen
Searsburg
H.D
Gertrude Millspaugh
Mabel Dawes
Winifred Dean
Trumansburg
Laura Koskinen
Stretch
Ruth Scott
Margaret Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seneca County and Red Cross
By B. J. Thomson
Romulus
Hayts Corners
Willard
Pomeroy
Harold C. Townson
S. A. Gilbert Jeweler
Geneva
Dable
Cleos
Wobble Rite
RACER
Gun & Tackle Center
Honda Shop
Uni Activities
Clorox
Applesauce
Delmonte
Pillsbury Biscuits
Pillsbury Flour
Trumansburg, N. Y
Boston
Ovid Iga
N. Y
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